ἐλάχιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλαχύς (elakhús) +‎ -ιστος (-istos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.lá.kʰis.tos/ → /eˈla.çis.tos/ → /eˈla.çis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lá.kʰis.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈla.kʰis.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/

Adjective

ἐλᾰ́χῐστος • (elákhistos) m (feminine ἐλᾰχῐ́στη, neuter ἐλᾰ́χῐστον); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of ἐλᾰχύς (elakhús)
2. smallest
3. least
4. shortest
5. fewest

Declension

First and second declension of ἐλᾰ́χῐστος; ἐλᾰχῐ́στη; ἐλᾰ́χῐστον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐλᾰ́χῐστος elákhistos	ἐλᾰχῐ́στη elakhístē	ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston		ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō	ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā	ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō		ἐλᾰ́χῐστοι elákhistoi	ἐλᾰ́χῐσται elákhistai	ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista
Genitive		ἐλᾰχῐ́στου elakhístou	ἐλᾰχῐ́στης elakhístēs	ἐλᾰχῐ́στου elakhístou		ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin	ἐλᾰχῐ́σταιν elakhístain	ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin		ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn	ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn	ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn
Dative		ἐλᾰχῐ́στῳ elakhístōi	ἐλᾰχῐ́στῃ elakhístēi	ἐλᾰχῐ́στῳ elakhístōi		ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin	ἐλᾰχῐ́σταιν elakhístain	ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin		ἐλᾰχῐ́στοις elakhístois	ἐλᾰχῐ́σταις elakhístais	ἐλᾰχῐ́στοις elakhístois
Accusative		ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston	ἐλᾰχῐ́στην elakhístēn	ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston		ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō	ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā	ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō		ἐλᾰχῐ́στους elakhístous	ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱς elakhístās	ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista
Vocative		ἐλᾰ́χῐστε elákhiste	ἐλᾰχῐ́στη elakhístē	ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston		ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō	ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā	ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō		ἐλᾰ́χῐστοι elákhistoi	ἐλᾰ́χῐσται elákhistai	ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τοὐλάχιστον (toulákhiston)

Further reading

• “ἐλάχιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐλάχιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐλάχιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλάχιστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • infinitesimal idem, page 438.
  • least idem, page 483.